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LEAD AND CRAYON- HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,646, dated December27, 18,81.

Application filed October 11,1881. (No model.)

provided with pivoted jaws acted on by springs to cause them tograsp'and hold the lead or crayon, the `said jaws being operated on by aconical slide moved from the exterior of the holder for releasing thelead or crayon.

The'objeets of my invention are to simplify the construction of suchlead or crayon holders, to reduce the cost of manufacturing the same,and to utilize the inherent elasticity of the springs themselves forgrasping and holding the lead or crayon. These objects I at tain bythe-construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in theaccompanying draw,- ings, in whiche Figure 1 represents a longitudinalcentral section. Fig. 2 is a similar section at a right angle to Fig. l.t

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letterA designates the tubular stock or handle, which in thisexample is made of wood and provided `with a metallic ferrule, A', atthe lower end, terminating in a contracted nose or point.

B indicates the lead-containing tube, which is secured within the stockor handle in a'xed or stationary position, extends through the handle A,and terminates within the lower or outer end of its ferrule.

C are the spring closing-jaws, having their free ends or points arrangedto grasp the lead below thelower end of the lead-containin g tube B,Where the lead protrudes from such tube, and said springs are entirelyinclosed within the ferrule, toavoid projections at the end of theholder.

intermediate of their ends, as at C', to impinge against the innersurface of the ferrule A', es-

These j aws C are curved or bowed' pecially when the jaws are opened orexpanded, so that the bending ot' the jaws at the upper end is avoided,such bending having a tendency to wear or break the jaws at that place.

E designates the-slide, constituting a means Y for opening thespring-jaws C. This slide consists of a tube fitted on the lowerl partof the lead-containin g tube B, above the acting points of thespring-jaws C, its lower part or end being preferably tapered tocorrespond\\to the shape of the jaws at that place. When it is desiredto open the spring-jaws G this tu ular slide E is pushed down oroutward, thus expanding the jaws, and when the slide is 1eleased it isautomatically returned to an upper position by the action of the jaws,while the latter close to grasp the lead and hold it in place by theirinherent elasticity.

F designates the finger-piece, servit] g to operate the jaw-openingslideE. In the present example this finger-piece F is made in the formofa button, having its shank fitted into aslot; g, in the ferrule A' ofthe handle, and secured Vto the slide in an appropriate manner, the slotforming ments.l

What l claim as new, and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the stock or handle A and the attached ferrule A',having a slot, g, of the springs C C, having the curved or bowedportions C', intermediate of their ends which rest against theferrule,`and the slide E, located between the curved or bowed portionsof the springs and their free ends, and having an attached finger-piece,by which it is operated, substantially as described:

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand and seal in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

FHILIP SCHRAG. [L. S.]

a guide for the button in its move- Witnesses:

O. G. BOGEET, ED. E. HUBER.-

